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Dredging Into the Past ~
In a recent article that was written for the website, I shared information that was found while doing research on D.D. Collins, regarding...
Carolyn Welch
Mar 28, 2018
A Little More On a Bridge to the Past ~
It's Throw Back Thursday, so we cross a bridge to the past. Isn't it an interesting thing, what surprises a quiet Sunday drive may bring?...
Carolyn Welch
Mar 22, 2018
A Bridge Perhaps Not Too Far ~
A few little snippets of newspaper clippings have been discovered that demonstrate just how beloved D.D. Collins was by the early...
Carolyn Welch
Feb 24, 2018
Winter Reading and Entertainment ~
"What shall we do, DD, dear . . . to while away the time now that winter is here?" "Oh, Elizabeth, here's a pleasant way . . . to while...
Carolyn Welch
Jan 14, 2018
Come Visit Christmas Past ~
Hitch your horse and carriage near our barn, Embark with me upon our Christmas yarn . . . Footfalls crunching through freshly fallen...
Carolyn Welch
Dec 12, 2017
Happy 199th Birthday, Illinois ~
It was on December 3, 1818, that Illinois became the 21st state of the United States of America . . . SAGE WORDS ~ "I am not bound to...
Carolyn Welch
Dec 4, 2017
200 Years of November ~
Back in time we shall go, to gather wisdom from Almanacs of long ago. For two hundred years the attention in November, has centered on...
Carolyn Welch
Nov 10, 2017
